Amarille First Annual Round-Up thrills crowd at rodeo
A large crowd packed Amarille for the Tri-State rodeo Round-Up second program as bucking horses and skilled riders entertained. Promoter Harlan praised the event and planned for 1927, with Bronc Riding led by Shorty Wayne and Eddie Compton dominating Steer Riding and Steer Wrestling results listed.
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Silur Meen
Amarille
Tri-State
Harlan
Bronc
Shorty Wayne
Roy May
Eddie Compton
Ross Knight
Fred Carter
Carl Wells
Herb Mundy
Oren Thompson
Percy Porter
Sparky Bonner
Jack Wilson
Baseball Scores From Yesterday Across Leagues
Results yesterday across Texas and American leagues show Dallas 3 Fort Worth 1 and 7 to 4, with Wichita Falls 11 and Shreveport 13. Beaumont 14 0 over Houston 7 9. San Antonio 3 4 and Waco 2 0. National League games include Chicago 2 Pittsburgh 0 and Boston 5 New York 4 in 11 innings.
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Waco
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Detroit
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Cleveland
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Boston
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Veteran Rawlings Returns To Pirates Lineup
Johnny Rawlings, veteran second baseman, is back in the game for the Pirates after a long layoff. He has replaced the youngster Hal Rhyne for the present, recalling Rhyne from last season in the Pacific Coast League context.
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Johnny Rawlings
Pirates
Rawlings
Hal Rhyne
Rhyne
Chile Puts Tariff on Imported Coal to Aid Miners
Chile imposes a tariff of 1.90 dollars per ton on coal and briquets from abroad to boost domestic mining jobs as local miners have been working only part time.
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Chile
Boob Oil notes and idle ramblings stir Amarillo crowd
An archival fragment presents a humorous, chaotic mix of stock tips, charity appeals, and social satire. It references the Boob Oil company, Tack, and vices presidents Rev F W O Malley and Dr R Thomson. The piece includes jokes about investments, uniforms, and a priestly anecdote, plus a cartoonish tale of war era support.
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F. W. O'Malley
Dr. R. Thomson
Boob Oil Company
O'Malley
Tack
Metros defeat Panhandle 9 1 in fast game at new park
The Amarillo Metros beat Panhandle 9 to 1 in a brisk contest at Metropolitan Park the park’s official opening. Lefty Fonken allowed six hits and struck out, while Gene Alford of Panhandle homered and doubled for the Oilers. The Metros erupted in the third inning, with four runs and continued adding in the fifth. Hill led Metros with a triple and multiple players contributed, including Taylor and Gibson. Skeet G on earned field day honors for the Metros with a long throw and stolen base points.
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Metropolitan Park
East
Amarillo
A & To
Gene Alford
Fonken
New Park
Alford
Mets
Curtis
Short
Vaught
Hayden
Taylor
Gibson
Hill
Ravey
Roberts
Anthony
Texas Tech
Taree Base Hits And Errors In Narrow Win
Taree players tally base hits by Hill and Taylor with Alford and Hill adding two base hits. Gibson steals, Mayden and Taylor deliver sacrifice hits. Double play from Alford to Roberts to Anthony. Venabal and Ponken pitch with Venabal credited a hit by pitch to Hill. Panhandle leaves six on base while Amarillo leaves four. Umpires Gib on and Ogh. Time 1.60.
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Hill
Taylo
Alford
Gibson
Mayden
Taylor
Hunt
Roberts
Anthony
Ponken
Fonken
Panhandle
Amarillo
Gibon
Ogh
Sporting Cards and Scout Milestone Tally
The schedule lists Beaumont at Houston Waco at San Antonio Shreveport at Dallas Wichita Fails at Fort Worth St Louis at Detroit Cleveland at Chicago New York at Philadelphia Boston at Washington Brooklyn at Boston Philadelphia at New York Cincinnati at St Louis Chicago at Pittsburgh Tulsa at Oklahoma City St Joseph at Wichita Denver at Des Moines Omaha at Lincoln and announces Boy Scouts now number 2 000 000 worldwide.
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Omaha
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Pittsburgh
Rookie Root Upstages Cards With Strong Cubs Win
Rookie Root of the Chicago Cubs continues to deliver solid performances as manager McCarthy leans on him. In a recent game he silenced the St Louis Cardinals, holding them to six runs and striking out nine batters.
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Root
Chicago Cubs
McCarthy
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